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Well, Python, as I recall, was originally designed to be more "graphically friendly" compared to other languages. That construct is not so useful in an environment where the user interface is the browser. Hence, the rise of PHP, for example, with a different design goal.
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As I know Google's search engine is closely connected to python. But I don't have other names.
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Wikipedia has a nice article on Python:

Python programming language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also, there is a nice article on the Google platform:

Google platform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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It is commonly used in 3D animation packages, as in Houdini, Maya, Softimage XSI, TrueSpace, Poser, Modo, Nuke and Blender. It is also used in GIMP, Krita, Inkscape, Scribus and Paint Shop Pro.[41] ESRI is now promoting Python as the best choice for writing scripts in ArcGIS.[42] It is also used in games like Civilization IV and Mount&Blade as the control language for modding and event interaction.[43] Eve Online, an MMORPG, is also built using Python.[44]
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I think it's pretty popular. There are a few frameworks available too. I happen to like Pylons and/or Django.
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Matter of choice, I'd say. As far as I know Guido van Rossum, python's author, is working with Google to help them in their projects, but it was half-time day or something similar. Personally I don't find python useful for my tasks, now and before, there's nothing I couldn't do in Perl, so that I have to use Python, the indentation is confusing me a lot, and I'm not used to not having end-of-line symbol. But please, let's not make the thread of that sort : "I don't like python, I like PHP instead". I know few people that made some really impressive stuff in Python, as well as the KDE guys.
So, again, matter of choice, but I also agree that there's less press noise for python recently.
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Python finds meaning in indentation, while HTML eats whitespace for lunch. Not a match made in heaven.
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